Water melons (Citrullus vulgaris) as the main source of water for cattle in central Tanzania

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 308-313

  Shayo, C M ^a   Ogle, B ^b   Uden P ^b  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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